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coquet
[ koh-ket ]
verb (used without object)
coquetted, coquetting.
- to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt.
Synonyms: ,
- to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.
adjective
noun
- Obsolete. a male flirt.
coquet
/ kəʊˈkɛt; kɒ- /
verb
- to behave flirtatiously
- to dally or trifle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coquet1
C17: from French: a gallant, literally: a little cock, from coq cock
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I am yet vain enough to think I deserve it better than all those flirting girls you coquet with.
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True, she coquets and makes eyes at everybody who looks at her.
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Why is it that only the Pole fawns, only the Pole coquets?
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It is a game that lures a man, it coquets with him, trifles with his yearnings and his hopes, and flouts him.
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His wings moved so slowly he seemed to fly without pressure on the air—as slowly as a lady fans herself when there is no one to coquet with.
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